The Oscars

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Wow, if you can't stop your political views from tainting a silly comedy, I seriously think you might consider lightening up. Just because the Kosher Fast Food Joint was managed a little more obnoxiously than the Palestinian Flafel Joint does not make West Bank Story an anti-semetic piece of Israeli-hating propaganda.

Did you listen to the acceptance speech? The movie was a musical comedy spoof designed to promote peace. Get a grip.

Sorry, that was not based on her post ... but rather on our conversation after the screenings.

Well, I didn't say that I hated the short, in fact I laughed just as much as you did. And I said as much the night of. Doesn't mean I thought it deserved to win. And I NEVER said it was "an anti-semetic piece of Israeli-hating propaganda." Just because he said it was "about peace" doesn't mean it should win, either. Is it ok with you if I root for "Wrong Grandma" and be a Jew at the same time?

It's getting more and more difficult to remember what was posted here, talked about in person, commented on Live Journals, etc.

"Remember"? You quoted me. It's written down. And like I said above, I never said the things you attributed to me, in person on online. Who needs to get a grip now?

Ack, no time to read rest of thread...

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Oh, can I also add that while I love Helen Mirren, her "Ladies and Gentlemen I give you The Queen" moment was a little too uppity for me. It didn't play well with me for some reason.

Everyone's noticed the "Quotes" ad campaign the Academy had running all over town, right? Posters proclaming "Frankly My Dear, I Don't Give a Damn" or "I Coulda Been a Contender."

Well, the one right there on the tower of H&H, adjacent to the Kodak Theater, featured on the Oscar broadcast, 40-feet all and a hundred feet in the air was the one blaring "I'm the King of the World!"

Yeah, it's a quote from Titantic. But who can not be reminded of James Cameron's "uppity" yell from the podium upon accepting the Best Picture Oscar? It set a new level for acceptance uppity, one that will reign for generations I think ... and Mirren's was hardly a blip in comparison.

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

"Remember"? You quoted me. It's written down.

Heheh, that was a subtle jab at your husband. He recently posted a reference to a live journal comment here that no one but he and I would have understood ... and I was just trying to point out in a vaguely humorous way that some of us know each other so well, we are not necessarily responding to merely what's posted when we post a reply on the LoT.

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

And I NEVER said it was "an anti-semetic piece of Israeli-hating propaganda."

That's funny ... according to my notes, that's your exact quote.


I thought it was obvious that line was one of my standard exaggerations for dramatic effect. But did you not tell me you had a problem with West Bank Story because you perceived an anti-Israeli stance??

If you hadn't, my mistake ... and I apologize.






(But my notes say otherwise.)